THE LIST SHOW

In this episode of The List Show, Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy is covering works of art that went missing but were thankfully recovered—in the case of a couple of paintings, twice.

From the long legs of the jerboa to basically everything about the duck-billed platypus, evolution has taken some weird turns.

From breathing to tying your shoes, there are many everyday actions you could be doing differently.

If the sun were the size of a basketball, the Earth would be no larger than a pinhead.

Old maps are littered with islands that have vanished. What happened to these strange and unexplainable lost lands? Did they ever exist in the first place?

We’re taking Strunk and White and grammarians everywhere to task in the latest episode of The List Show.

From the world’s tallest peaks to its deepest lakes and beyond

From Ivan the Terrible to Herod the Great, these historical figures weren’t the best relatives.

From the Macon Whoopees to the Piedmont-Westernport Drybugs and beyond.

From rabbits to butterflies, learn the surprising origins of these animal names.

In the latest episode of The List Show, we’re tackling some fun facts—and the occasional harsh truth—about the careers you imagined for yourself as a kid.

In this episode of The List Show, host and Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy breaks down some commonly confused pairs.